Diodon

What it does

Availability

The maintainer says Diodon is intended to remain in Debian and Ubuntu repositories through packaging maintenance.checked 5 Oct 2026

Build

Diodon uses Meson and the README documents building and installing it with Ninja.checked 5 Oct 2026

Clipboard history

Diodon uses Zeitgeist to store clipboard items, which by default persists events in a database on disk across reboots.checked 5 Oct 2026

Installation

The project provides an official stable PPA for Ubuntu based distributions and release tarballs through Launchpad for other systems.checked 5 Oct 2026

Maintenance

The project is in low maintenance mode, with packaging, translation updates, and security issues listed as the areas still addressed.checked 5 Oct 2026

Memory storage

The README says users can set ZEITGEIST_DATABASE_PATH to :memory: to store clipboard items in memory.checked 5 Oct 2026

Plugins

Listed plugins add menu features, number clipboard items, paste and remove an item, paste all recent items, and edit the active item.checked 5 Oct 2026

Purpose

Diodon is a clipboard manager aiming to integrate with the Unity desktop.checked 5 Oct 2026

Recent release

The maintainer announced version 1.14.0 with updated translations, cross building, improved Meson compatibility, and better performance with large clipboard items.checked 5 Oct 2026

Support

The README directs users to Launchpad to discuss the project or report bugs.checked 5 Oct 2026

Technology limits

The maintainer says Diodon is based on GTK3 and relies on Zeitgeist, which is not really developed anymore.checked 5 Oct 2026

Wayland

The maintainer says Diodon has only partial Wayland support.checked 5 Oct 2026